John Carrafa
John Carrafa is an American theater and film director/choreographer best known as the two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer of the Broadway musicals Urinetown and Into The Woods and the Media Choreography Honors Award winner for the Robert Zemeckis film The [Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express].
He was a dancer and assistant to Twyla Tharp before becoming a choreographer and director for Broadway, film and television.
He currently resides in New York City and in Los Angeles California.
Broadway and theater
- Love! Valour! Compassion! - Off-Broadway Broadway
- Dirty Blonde - Off-Broadway and Broadway
- Urinetown - Off-Broadway and Broadway
- A Little Night Music - Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, 2002
- Into The Woods - Broadway
- Dance of the Vampires - Broadway
- Good Vibrations - Broadway
Filmography
- Brain Donors -
- Love! Valour! Compassion! -
- The Last Days of Disco -
- The [Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair] -
- The Polar Express -
- Who's The Top? -
- The Other Guys -
- Something Borrowed -
Television
- Sex and The City -
- Big Love -
- Ugly Betty -
- Blue Bloods -
- The Big C -
- Elementary -
- Nashville -
- Nurse Jackie -
- Last Week Tonight -
Awards
- World Dance Award for Feature Film -
- Director of [Best Musical Daegu International Theater Festival] - *"Academy"
- Honorable Mention [Best Director NYMF] - *"Academy"
- Joseph Jefferson Award - *"Animal Crackers" Nomination
- Media Choreography Honors - for *"The Polar Express"
- Dora Award - *"Urinetown"
- Drama Desk - *"Urinetown" Nomination
- Lucille Lortel Award - *"Urinetown"
- Outer Critics Circle Award - *"Urinetown" Nomination
- Tony Award - *"Urinetown" Nomination
- Tony Award - *"Into The Woods" Nomination